LITTLEBIGPLANET SWEEPS 12TH ANNUAL INTERACTIVE ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
Already topping the list of BAFTA and Game Developers Choice Award nominations, the organizers of this year’s Interactive Achievement Awards have sent word that Media Molecule’s LittleBigPlanet pulled a major coup and swept last night’s ceremony at the ongoing DICE Summit.
LittleBigPlanet was recognized for Overall Game of the Year, Console Game of the Year, Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction, Family Game of the Year, Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction, Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering, and Outstanding Character Performance for its customizable player-puppeteered Sackboy star.
The game beat out a number of similarly high profile competitors including Fallout 3, which won RPG of the year and outstanding original story, Mirror’s Edge, which took home best adventure, and Left 4 Dead, which took home best computer game and best multiplayer online game.
Also happily recognized: 2D Boy’s World of Goo, which took home Outstanding Achievement in Game Design.
Hit the jump for the full rundown of winners. Overall Game of the Year:
LittleBigPlanet
Console Game of the Year:
LittleBigPlanet
Computer Game of the Year:
Left 4 Dead
Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction:
LittleBigPlanet
Casual Game of the Year:
Braid
Fighting Game of the Year:
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Handheld Game of the Year:
God of War: Chains of Olympus
Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year:
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
Cellular Game of the Year:
Spore Origins
Role-Playing Game of the Year:
Fallout 3
Racing Game of the Year:
Burnout Paradise
Outstanding Achievement in Game Design:
World of Goo
Adventure Game of the Year:
Mirror’s Edge
Sports Game of the Year:
NHL 09
Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year:
Command and Conquer 3: Red Alert
Action Game of the Year:
Dead Space
Family Game of the Year:
LittleBigPlanet
Outstanding Achievement in Animation:
Prince of Persia
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction:
LittleBigPlanet
Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering:
LittleBigPlanet
Outstanding Character Performance:
LittleBigPlanet (Sackboy)
Outstanding Achievement in Story -Adapted:
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Outstanding Achievement in Story – Original:
Fallout 3
Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay:
Left 4 Dead
Outstanding Innovation in Gaming:
LittleBigPlanet
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition:
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack:
Rock Band 2
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design:
Dead Space
Previously:
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